Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's lifelong MP Dr. Not only the state, but the entire country is focused on the Kalyan Lok Sabha contest, which is Srikant Shinde's constituency. The candidate of Mahayuti, who plans to achieve a hat-trick with record votes, Dr. Mahavikas Aghadi has fielded Shiv Sena Ubatha candidate Vaishali Darekar in the election fray, playing the women's card to stop Shinde. As the MNS has supported the Grand Alliance without contesting the election for the second time in a row, it will be a direct fight between Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena to retain the Kalyan seat for the third time.
BJP had taken a public stand against MP Shinde by claiming the Kalyan Lok Sabha seat. Therefore, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Dr. Announcing the candidature of Shrikant Shinde, he ordered the disgruntled BJP workers to get to work, giving the right message. The wife of BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, who shot Shiv Sena Shinde faction's city chief Mahesh Gaikwad in the police station, had joined the campaign of Mahavikas Aghadi and warned Shiv Sena (Shinde). However, there were moves at the senior level of the Shiv Sena and the BJP and the disaffection within the Kalyan East BJP was quelled. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde MP Dr. Srikant Shinde's candidature was not announced in the first list but was announced in the final stage like other candidates. It is being said that the Chief Minister has given a message to other workers in the state through this action.
On the other hand, Shiv Sena Thackeray group was looking for a capable candidate. There was an uproar over the importation of a fresh face or candidate against MP Shinde. However, the MNS announced its unconditional support to the Grand Alliance and the planned strategy of the Mahavikas Aghadi went awry. Finally, the Thackeray group has abandoned the idea of importing candidates and fielded former corporator Vaishali Darekar in the election arena. Darekar contested the Kalyan Lok Sabha election in 2009 from the MNS. He got 1 lakh two thousand votes. At that time Shiv Sena's candidate Anand Paranjape won the Kalyan seat by getting 2 lakh 12 thousand votes.
He was defeated by NCP candidate Vasant Davkhare by securing 1 lakh 88 thousand votes. After Anand Paranjpe left the Shiv Sena in the 2014 elections, his fight was fought by Dr. Srikanth Shinde met. Dr. Shinde defeated the NCP candidate Paranjape by a margin of two and a half lakhs. At that time too, MNS candidate Raju Patil had secured 1 lakh 22 thousand votes.
In five years the political equations have changed and MP Shrikant Shinde retained the Kalyan Subeda for the second time in the 2019 elections with a margin of 3 lakh 44 thousand votes. NCP candidate got 2 lakh 15 thousand votes. It is special that MNS supported NCP at that time. Now the political calculations have changed again, the Shiv Sena has split and the MNS has supported the Grand Alliance. Therefore, Shiv Sena candidate Shinde is said to have planned a strategy of focusing more on how to get record votes while retaining the Kalyan seat.